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Adam Brumm, Griffith University; Carney D. Matheson, Griffith University; Fakhri, Badan Riset dan Inovasi Nasional (BRIN); Melandri Vlok, Charles Sturt University, and Roger Papke, University of Florida Humans everywhere use … Continued

Florence Aghomo is a Baldwin Fellow and PhD candidate from Cameroon who studies endangered lemurs in Madagascar. Her work will help answer questions critical for their conservation and survival.

When an unexpected funding crisis threatened one of the world’s longest-running studies of wild orangutans, The Leakey Foundation stepped in.

A new study brings together 427 documented cases of primates interacting with other species, giving insights into why humans keep pets.

With support from The Leakey Foundation, researchers have developed and tested CapuchinAI, a portable field station that pairs a webcam and touchscreen with machine learning to help scientists study primate cognition in the wild.

The Leakey Foundation is proud to introduce the 2026 Leakey Foundation Baldwin Fellows. This year, 17 outstanding scholars from 10 countries received fellowships, empowering them to become future leaders in our field.

Yuting Gao is a PhD candidate at the University of Colorado Boulder whose work will help us better understand the microbes in our mouths.

The Leakey Foundation has made several updates to how we will manage applications, reviews, and resubmissions this fall cycle. These changes reflect a significant and sustained increase in application volume.

Long term studies of baboons show how females’ family bonds have long lasting benefits.

The Leakey Foundation announces the 32 recipients of its spring 2026 grants for research into human origins, evolution, behavior, and survival.